Radio Grognard KING SIZE

I talk about how much GMs should tell their players and being careful to not tip their hand too soon.

I talk about how GMs shouldn't get too rigid with their game sessions.

I talk about how to find plot hooks in game books.

I talk about the use of mimics.

I talk about getting energized to GM.

I talk about thinking up and refining ideas on a regular basis.

I talk about an interesting thing that happened a recent session.

I talk about pacing adventures and how it relates to drama pacing.

I talk about the small things that GMs can forget about.

I talk about a recent game I had to throw together at the last minute and how the GM should make some plot hooks for themselves.

I talk about NPC's attitude and their stakes.

I talk about how you could stage traveling encounters (AKA Chases and Fights).

I talk about an easy way to add civilization to your campaign world.

I talk about the probabilities of dice and how they effect (and you, as a GM can effect) tables.

I talk about creating simple PC backstories to enhance later on.

I talk about how you can use conflicting traits to enhance your main bad guy.

I talk about outdoor markets and why they're great for plothooks.

I talk about RPG things like mats, terrain, other things and how to do it all minimally.

I talk about converting things from ruleset to ruleset.

I talk about expendable magic items and possible ways to recharge them.

I talk (rant) about the OSR as of 2022.

I talk about how GMs should monitor their treasure output.

I talk about expanding the 5-Room Dungeon concept.

I talk about GM descriptions.

I talk about enhancing your adventure after a session or two of play.

I talk about how GMs should be impartial even when the opponents are being deadly.

I talk about the struggle to stay true to a pre-published setting.

I talk about the lack of bells and whistles in the OSR.

I talk about using guilds and other organizations in your game.

I talk about the reality of your game.

I talk about a resource that really helped me in planning an adventure (link below). https://rtalsoriangames.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RTG-ScriptingtheGamev1.2.pdf

I talk about my thoughts and tips on running one-shots.

I talk about engaging the senses in your descriptions.

I talk about other ways to deal with random encounters.

I talk about how you as a GM should pay attention to the small by-products of the antagonists plan, because this is what will usually tip off the PCs.

I talk about at what point you should start the adventure.

I talk about kit-bashing adventures from multiple resources.

I talk about gaming-on-the-cheap. Like 10-bucks-or-less cheap.

I talk about isometric maps and being frustrated on how to implement them in a game.

I talk about flaws and weaknesses in characters.

I talk about point crawls and how to do random encounters.

I talk about the new versus the old in RPGs.

I talk about how to deal with a specific type of player.

I talk about "shopping sessions" and how to enliven them.

I talk about battles, how to pace them and how to end the ones that drag on and on.

I talk about how encounters can be finessed.

I talk about encounter "choke points" in a game and how to manage them.

I talk about tweaking/adding things to an adventure to accommodate play styles.

I talk about the P.O.V. of the PCs.

I talk about on-die-type games and how to use other RPGs when you one have one die type.